6.2.72
गोबिडालसिंहसैन्धवेषूपमाने
Operational rule vidhi
A word denoting the object of comparison gets the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when standing before गो , बिडाल , सिंह and सैन्धव.
Word by word (padaccheda)
Right context गो- बिडाल- सिंह- सैन्धवेषु saptamī · bahuvacanaRight context उपमाने saptamī · ekavacana
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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Full reading
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Commentary
A word denoting the object of comparison gets the acute accent (उदात्त) on the first syllable when standing before गो , बिडाल , सिंह and सैन्धव।
Thus धा꣡न्यगवः = धान्यं गौरिव ॥ The compounding takes place by 2.1.56, the words गो &c, being considered to belong to Vyaghradi class, which is an Akritigana. The meaning of the compound must be given according to usage and appropriateness. Thus धान्यगवः means गवाकृत्याऽवस्थितं धान्यं ॥ So also हि꣡रण्यगवः, भि꣡क्षाबिडालः, ब्रा꣡ह्मणबिडालः, तृ꣡णसिंहः, का꣡ष्ठसिंहः, स꣡क्तुसैन्धवः, पा꣡नसैन्धवः ॥ Why do we say "when denoting the object of comparision"? Observe परमसिंहः ॥
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.